FINALLY!

Pam's benefit that we have been working so hard for is finally here! It came so fast... the last few months just flew by as I have been amazed time & time again at all the sweet things that people have donated to us for such a great cause for a wonderful woman. I'm not gonna lie though, I will be so relieved once it is all over with! We can go on vacation, take Pam to the places she has wanted to see & spend some good quality time together! And then I can focus on getting moved into our new HOUSE!! And baking this BABY!! :)

Yes, you heard me right! I'm finally pregnant!! That's another FINALLY!! We have been trying pretty hard for almost 2 years now, or at least that's how long I have been on pre-natals trying to conceive! I loved having my sisters growing up and I know Kreston loved having his brothers-- We both wanted so bad for a sibling for our sweet little Allie! It breaks my heart sometimes to see her playing by herself. So anyways, I made a new years resolution this year to get FAT. Not gain a bunch of weight, but I wanted to be carrying a baby sometime this year! (You get my point) Well, I was starting to believe I was just gaining a bunch of weight, which I have, and not getting my baby... Krest & I were ready to go see a fertility specialist to see if there were some underlying problems that we are just unaware of. We didn't understand why?!? So, our anniversary was September 1st and we kinda agreed not to get each other anything-- just go out on a date cause we had this vacation coming up we need to save $ for. Well, Krest surprised me with flowers ( I rarely get flowers, cause I'd much rather have a new outfit) but I still like to be surprised with them every now & again! :) So he did good! Little did he know, I had a dirty little surprise for him too (it was so hard to keep my suspicions of my being pregnant to myself-- I finally had to tell my sisters--whom, by the way, were ecstatic!) Needless to say, my surprise to Kreston was a little sweeter as I seen tears well up in his eyes when I told him! So, there you have it! I will hopefully be able to keep some good updates throughout... The due date is April 23rd (2 days post Allie's birthday)--Allie knows she's going to have to share with the new baby, but hopefully she doesn't have to share her birthday! We will see!

Speaking of the big sister to be... Here are a few of my favorite shots of her that I got this summer! I LOVE these!!

Personals...

I have decided to start a blog (other than my photography blog) to be able to share stuff with family & friends! :) I used to have a personal blog, but for some reason decided to password protect it and now I have misplaced my log-in info for it so I finally gave up and decided to make a new one!

I want to start out with stating some things that I love & am so thankful for... My family-Kreston, Allie, Mom, Dad, Brooke, Kenzie, Heather, my amazing Grandparents- Grandma Betty, Grandma Iris and the late Grandpa Dee & Grandpa Bill, my sweet Nieces Savannah and Sydnee, my in-laws (on both sides)- Nick, Pam, Monty, Justin, Wes, Bart, Troy; my life-long friends that I am so lucky to have- Codee, Shawna, Ashley, Sarah, Amelia, Darien, Steph, and lots of others that I may not be as close with. I am thankful for my life... The Lord truly has some loving guardian angels watching over Allie & I... It was just the 5 year mark from the time of my accident. It's so crazy for me to think that that happened 5 years ago and seeing how much I have grown and learned from that situation and how scary it was to go through all of that: breaking my shoulder, and 6 ribs as well as puncturing my lung, being in the hospital for such a long time and having to have surgery and on top of it all finding out I was pregnant. Out of all the devastation, the latter was the most devastating, I was so scared & nervous. It was one thing me being young & dumb and unintentionally putting my own life in danger but finding out that I had an innocent sweet little baby in my belly. I was so disappointed in myself... I couldn't even lift my arm to comb my hair, I couldn't lay in a bed to sleep, it would hurt me to breathe, cough, or even yawn... how could I ever take care of a baby? But yet, 9 months later out came my beautiful little miracle baby as healthy as can be! When I held her in my arms for the first time the emotions overwhelmed me: She was Perfect! She was healthy! She was beautiful! I am alive! I am healthy! I just carried & delivered a baby! I have never loved anything more than I love my sweet little Allie Jayde! She is a Godsend! My sweet little Angel!

There is so much to be thankful for in life! I truly believe in God's blessings and in miracles! I am still praying for a Miracle for my mother-in-law, Pam, who is battling Pancreatic Cancer. I pray to please give her more time on this Earth to spend with her sweet granddaughters whom adore her!

Meanwhile, appreciate each day, be grateful for those that you love, don't take anything for granted... You never know what you have 'til it's gone.